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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1936
Page
8
Police say three men were arrested on concealed weapon charges. They rode in a car they claim was stolen from Richmond and face possible warrants in Richmond Virginia. Bonds were set at 300 dollars each.
Guy Northcutt A T Brady and Earl Setzer all of High Point were ordered held for Randolph superior court trial after arraignment here on charges of breaking entering and larceny in the theft of $1.15 from E L Spencers Trinity store on the night of August 10. Proceeds included groceries piled near the front door and a neighbor awoke to investigate before the trio fled. The suspects were arrested by High Point police.
Coroner L. M. Waring identified the deceased as John R. Girard, 19, of South St Peters burg Fla. The victim was found in a Raleigh freight car and his mother Mrs Gladys Girard resides there.
A historic note states that the voice transmission needs a quarter second to travel around the world by telephone, highlighting the speed of early long distance calls and telecommunication progress.
Sergeant Charley R Price and Mrs Price with children Nelle and Ross from Johnson City Tenn visited Mr and Mrs J D Lee at 307 Denny Street. They recalled World War I recruiting duty at Johnson City and stations at Fort Thomas Kingsport Camp Green Charlotte before discharge and settling in High Point.
The Workers Alliance of North Carolina announces a Sunday 2:30 PM meeting at Labor Emote North Wrenn Street for all WPA workers and unemployed persons. W E Presswood serves as president and R D Boling as secretary with special music planned.
An 8S. F. Plummer of Springfield road displayed a twin squash at The Enterprise yesterday. The two gourds grew together at the sides in a single fruiting form.
Harold E. Tysinger son of Mrs Lillie M Green 1410 West Green Street was accepted at the army recruiting station Winston Salem and forwarded to Fort Bragg where he enlisted and was assigned to field artillery for three years.
Police records show five persons cited to court for riding bicycles through red lights, plus one speeding driver one wrong way on a one way street one violating another traffic ordinance and one with improper lights during the past 24 hours Drive Carefully and Save a Life.
Raleigh August 15 officials announced North Carolina now has about 30 200 people employed on WPA projects. The figure rose from 29 777 on August 1 as district eight based in Asheville reported the highest employment with 5 240 workers in security wage programs.
Police Chief W G Fridle warned riders to stop running red lights. In the 24 hours ending noon today five arrests were made for the offense. Each defendant faces a court cost of 82 dollars on the first offense. The police plan to continue citing offenders.
Plans are in place for a water stunt show at the city lake tonight at 9. Participants finished a series of three feats including a gasoline blaze on the pool, a dive from a 12 foot tower, and a fire clad exit from a bag into the water. Admission is free.
Theater judges pick the top 20 entries from George OBrien Border Patrolman contest and award free tickets to the film at Broadhurst Theatre. Winners must claim at the box office by Tuesday night. list includes Ronda Sebastian, Dennis Welborn Jr, Mary Wiley, Frances Edwards, Elizabeth Price, Kathryn Allen, Cora Ingram, Helen Bruton, Cathryn Vail, Betty Sebastian, Margaret Peace, Doris Bruton, John Pecker, Doris McKinney, Kathryn Daves, Jane Grubb, Paul Johnson, Edith Pulliam, Pauline Owens, Allen Hunter and others.
Chicago dispatch reports butter at 7,776 units and eggs at 9,037 units, both with no session and prices unchanged. Market notes indicate steady demand and stable pricing across products.
Elbert Root of Chicago earned runner-up honors and Frank Kurtz of Los Angeles placed fifth as the United States trailed Japan by two points in the final men's standings. Japan led the field with 86 points. the US had 84. Germany 20. others trailed.
Both sides claim slow government advances in four rebel sectors Granda Zaragoza Huesca and Oviedo. Miners besieging Oviedo reportedly breached city gates. Spies and Fascist sympathizers are being rounded up south of the Guadarrama on Madrid orders. Neutrality talks stall with Rome and Berlin delaying and citing holidays and changing conditions.
President Roosevelt urges peace through cooperation with American nations and warns against war. He recounts witnessing war’s horrors and affirms strong defense of the hemisphere. He pledges democracy freedom and peace and invites others to join in friendship.
Cotton production data show lint and linters consumption rising from last year. July cotton spindles active reached 22,249,572, down from June this year but up from July last year. Cotton consumed in cotton-growing states totaled 504,321 bales in July, higher than June and July of last year.
In Asheboro on August 15 Dave McCain sustained a broken leg and bruises while his daughter Josephine suffered cuts and bruises after their wagon was struck by an automobile near the town.
Rankin Memorial M P church will host Rev Edw Suits in the 11 oclock Communion service with an evening message at 7 45 PM The Sunday School begins at 945 AM Junior and Senior CBE Societies meet at 645 PM First M P church opens with Rev J C Madison preaching Finding A Way Out The choir sings No Shadows Yon der Mrs J R Meredith speaks on Prayer at Junior Church The Woman's Auxiliary meets Monday at 330 PM
Welch Memorial announces a Sunday school at 9 45 a m. with sermons at 11 a m and 730 p m by Pastor Dr J D Williams. C E society meets at 630 p m and a Wednesday prayer gathering is planned for 745 p m.
The Christian Science churches announce that "Soul" will be the subject of the lesson sermon in all Christ Scientist services this Sunday. Services start at 11 a m at 309 1 2 North Main Street with a Sunday school at 9 45 a m Read ing room hours are Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 2 to 4 30 o'clock. The public is invited to lectures and to use the reading room.
Sunday masses at St Edward's Catholic Church are at 8 and 10 a m Confessions precede the masses A weekday mass is offered daily at 730 a m except Tuesday.
Reverend J Clay Madison pastor of the First Methodist Protestant church will be the guest speaker tomorrow night at 8 o clock at the Central Friends church where union services are hosted. All cooperating churches join in July and August union rallies and will suspend regular evening services.
Two city establishments reported burglaries this morning with cash and cigarettes stolen. Malpass’s store at 600 East Commerce Street lost $6 to $8 in pennies and 18 to 20 cartons of cigarettes, entry gained through a rear window. Chaney’s Lunch at 120 South Hamilton Street was entered through a rear window with 12 to 15 cartons of mixed cigarettes taken. No arrests announced by noon.
Funeral service for Mollie Clemmons held at Rich Fork Baptist church on Friday afternoon conducted by Dr W K McGee and Rev G O Ritchie. Pallbearers named Norman Walstern Clyde Gilbert Léron Sullivan Willis Myers Joe Everhart W P Beck. Burial in family plot at the church cemetery.
Asheboro on August 15, Jas. Strickland and Malcolm Patterson, both Afro Americans, were arrested on a warrant by Oscar Macon for stealing goods from a store. Jimmie Strickland was arrested for receiving stolen goods. All three are jailed in Randolph County awaiting trial.
L. H. Siau of Georgetown South Carolina was reelected president of the Ocean Highway association at a Wilmington meeting yesterday. The Lafayette bridge spans Winyah Bay at Georgetown and the reelection secures leadership for the highway promotion effort.
The Church of God at 1012 Asheboro Street lists Sunday school at 10 a.m. and preaching at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. A visiting minister from Concord will deliver the 8 p.m. sermon. A special children's program is at 6 p.m. followed by a young people's meeting at 7 p.m. The public is invited.
Sunday school each Sunday morning at 9 45 preaching first and eighth Sunday by Rev S M Benn subject morning The Secret Everybody Should Know evening Arrested Religion midweek prayer Wednesday 7 30 choir Thursday 7 30 Young People's Union and Juniors Union Sunday evenings 6 30 devotional services
North Hamilton street church extends a cordial welcome for Bible school at 9 45 a m Lord's Supper at 11 sermon at 1130 titled The Slavery of Sin Evening services at 6 45 combine Christian Endeavor topic The Christian's Idea of Success.
The Sunday school begins at 9 30 A M with preaching by the pastor at 11 A M A prayer meeting follows Wednesday at 7 30 P M The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Stewards is scheduled for Monday at 8 o clock
J L Bolen pastor delivers Sunday School at 9 45 A M and morning service at 11 A M with the pastor in charge. W Y P S meets at 6 30 P M and Children's YM W B at 6 30 P M. Evening worship at 7 30 o'clock and Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 30 o'clock.
Miss Ruth Kelly, outgoing missionary to Africa, will speak at 11 o clock at Hayworth Memorial Wesleyan Church. After her talk she presents a missionary pageant The Challenge of the Cross. Sunday school starts 9 45 a m and the 7 15 evangelistic evening service invites all.
New York August 15 The Associated Press index of industrial activity shows a moderate decline interrupting a ten week advance to the highest point since February 1930. Cotton manufacturing and residential building reach new 1936 highs while four of six components fall. Composite index at 94.7 percent of the 1929-30 average, down from 95.8.
Edgar Johnson H C Hayworth and D A Neese were named Guilford Council No 23 delegates to the State Junior Order meeting in Asheville August 18 and 19. J A Greene led last night’s council session highlighted by group singing and banjo solos by Greene’s son. A special program and refreshments are planned for next Friday’s meeting.
In Elizabeth City on August 15 AP reports Benny Winslow spanked a small boy in his watermelon patch. The boy's father swore out a warrant for assault. Recorder W C Morse found Winslow guilty, fined him 25 dollars and costs, calling the charges serious given the boy's minor crime. Winslow appealed and bond set at 50 dollars.
Evangelical Reformed church announces Rev. H J Haeflinger will preach at morning service in pastor's absence. Mission Band will provide special music. Sunday school at 9 45 a m. Prayer service suspended for rest of August. Union service Sunday night at 8 0 o clock at Central Friends Church.
The pastor Miss Clara I. Cox will speak on The Call to Be Separate during worship tomorrow morning. A Peace rally reunites C E groups at Friends playground Archdale tomorrow night. Next Wednesday hosts the monthly church business meeting with echoes from Yearly Meeting. A cottage prayer meeting is planned Friday at the Bray home near Springfield church.
Bible school at 9 45 a m with Brotherhood men in the annex and worship service at 11. Tom A Sykes speaks on The Glorious Liberty of Gods Children. 6 p m vesper at Archdale playground with Emergency Peace Team Leaders. 8 p m city union service at Central Friends church with Rev Clay Madison. Upcoming pastoral committee meetings Monday 7 30 annex and midweek church gathering. Friday Senior and Junior Christian Endeavor in their usual rooms.
The church sets an 11 o'clock sermon titled The Goal of a Good Life. The text cites I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high call of God in Christ Jesus from Philippians 3 14.
Administration officials attacked current trade policy as misleading to farmers and urged selective bargaining to protect American agriculture. Peek outlined a plan to curb imports with tariffs and quotas while seeking to restore bargaining power and favor domestic markets, citing Canada trade results and a mixed dollar and mark payments scheme.
Peter Battle, 42, a negro, was held on a charge of shooting deputy G. Frank Gray after a warrant cited wife beating. Gray was in a Roanoke Rapids hospital in critical condition. a posse captured Battle late yesterday, with possible transfer to Raleigh state prison anticipated.
The New York stock market saw buying lift prices with small to sizable gains in active issues in the final minutes. Following prior liquidation, short covering appeared in some stocks, but overall turnover near $50,000 shares was below last Saturday and the close was steady.
Holiness church schedules Sunday services at 9 30 and 11 00 with the pastor L Ruth preaching. Young People meet at 6 15 p m Prayer Wednesday 7 30 p m and Friday evening. Pentecostal church led by Rev C Francis Noble at 612 H avenue offers Bible study 9 45 a m and a Young People meeting Wednesday 7 45 p m with subject Hindrances to the movement.
In the absence of the pastor on vacation, Dr J B Castdor of First Baptist Camden S C will supply the morning pulpit. He will unite with the church for the evening service and the school at 9 45 o'clock in the morning. B T U meeting Tuesday evening at 8 o clock.
Morning service features C N Royal with topic The Thiefs of Jesus. Evening subject Good Samaritan. Sunday schedule shows 9 30 a m Baptist 7 Union at 6 45 p m.
Worship at North Main with Rev. A. Falk preaching at 11 a.m. on "The Regene Man" and at 7:30 p.m. with the sermon titled "The Degeneration." The public is invited to attend.
The church schedules an 11 o clock service with Hamson as speaker. Young people will meet for supper at 6 45 before the 8 pm service at the Central Friends Church led by Rev. Clay Madison.
The Episcopal St Mary’s parish schedules the tenth Sunday after Trinity with a 9 30 Holy Communion service. The Laymen’s League annual meeting starts with a 11 30 service and includes a business session, 1 15 p m and 3 p m sessions. A large delegation from diocesan parishes is expected. Bishop Penick Andrew will preside. All men are urged to attend.
Morning Star holds Sunday school at 9 45 with Evangelist Helen Evere delivering the message How I Escape during the 11 o clock service.
Federal agents used 29 sticks of dynamite to destroy a liquor distilling operation in Hertford. The blast ended the illicit setup and removes a source of bootlegging activity in the town.
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